KEDGE Business School

MSc Business Law - informations

Program overview

The MSc in business law, responsible business conduct (RBC) & compliance prepares students for a range of emerging roles in the dynamic fields of regulatory compliance and legal oversight. Graduates will be well-equipped to take on responsibilities in positions such as regulatory compliance expert, in-house legal officer, and legal compliance specialist. These roles are critical for multinational companies, financial institutions, accounting firms, and international organisations navigating complex regulatory frameworks.

Curriculum (courses, subject modules)

RBC & business and finance law (Semester 1)

• Economic sanctions & investment law principles
• Commercial contracts (drafting, principled negotiation and dispute resolution)
• Intellectual property law (IP rights and trade secret protection)
• Corporate deviance & white-collar crime
• Financial and banking Law
• Advanced corporate law and MA 

RBC & law and digitalisation (Semester 2)

• Cloud and data law
• Cybersecurity
• Blockchain, smart contracts
• Digital finance
• Litigation risks relating to RBC & digitalisation

RBC & sustainability, antitrust, AML, anticorruption (Semester 1 and 2)

• Extra financial & sustainability reporting
• Sustainable finance
• Business law & human rights and environmental protection
• Climate change risks and obligations for corporations
• Civil and criminal litigation risks relating to RBC & sustainability

Admission conditions

Required diploma(s) :

• Bachelor

Employment opportunities & career impact

Annual salary after graduation

Average Salary : 80000 € (EUR)
Minimum Salary : 60000 € (EUR)
Maximum Salary : 130000 € (EUR)

Employment opportunities :

Career prospects after the MSc Business Law

• In-house legal officers for multinational companies
• In-house regulatory compliance officers for multinational companies
• Legal compliance experts for the financial industry
• Regulatory compliance experts for the financial industry
• Legal experts for accounting firms
• Regulatory compliance experts for accounting firms
• Legal experts for international organisations
• Regulatory compliance experts for international organisations
• Compliance professionals for supervisory authorities
• Lawyers in corporate law practices for international law firms

Application Deadlines

Short Track :

Admission level : International Bachelor's degree (4 years)

Duration : 18 months

Degree : Master of Science

Campus : Paris

Language : English

Long Track :

Admission level : Bachelor's degree

Duration : 24 months

Degree : Master of Science

Campus : Paris

Language : English

Faculty profiles

KEDGE Business School is a leading French management school with campuses across France (Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, and Toulon), internationally (2 in China in Shanghai and Suzhou, and 2 in Africa in Dakar and Abidjan), and associated campuses (Avignon, Bastia, Bayonne, and Mont-de-Marsan). The KEDGE community comprises 15,600 students (including 28% international students), 202 permanent professors (with 42% international), 329 international academic partners, and over 85,000 alumni worldwide. KEDGE offers a range of 38 management and design programmes for students and professionals, and provides customised training for companies nationally and internationally. Since 2020, KEDGE has established its own apprenticeship training centre.

A member of the Conference of Grandes Écoles and accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA, labeled EESPIG, and certified Qualiopi, KEDGE Business School is a state-recognised institution with targeted programmes. KEDGE is ranked by the Financial Times as the 29th best Business School in Europe and 18th worldwide for its Executive MBA in 2023. Its promise to be an original, sustainable, and inclusive school is embodied through the KEDGE IMPAKT strategy, based on three pillars: Care for People, Act for the Planet, and Innovate for Tomorrow.

Campus facilities & Student Life

A strategic location

Located in the heart of the city in the exceptional Lumière Building, one of Paris's largest business centres (and business ecosystems), KEDGE Paris is a place of versatility, designed as a bridge between innovation and people, placing entrepreneurship at the centre of the school's philosophy.

Located within the 135,000m2 Lumière building and  spread over 2 floors, it is comprised of two wings linked by a central atrium of 52,000m2. The school not only responds to a functional and technological role  but also brings in an emotional factor, a necessity to meet the aspirations of its different audiences. Everything is based on the profound renewal of teaching by placing entrepreneurship at the centre of the school's philosophy.

Outstanding facilities

• Various catering areas, including numerous company restaurants
• Sports facilities
• A friendly environment near Bercy Village and the BNF (the National Library of France), easily accessible by public transport, with a wide range of accommodation
• A huge co-working area allowing for better collaboration between students and staff and adaptable rooms with a reception capacity of between 40 and 200 students
• An enhanced digital experience: immersive rooms will enable students to work on practical case studies and a giant screen will be constantly streaming classes or conferences held on the school’s other sites.

An enhanced student experience

KEDGE's campus revolves around 4 main axes: modularity, flexibility, connectivity and user-friendliness.

To respond to new educational, organisational and digital developments, KEDGE Paris wanted to revolutionise the student experience by creating the campus of tomorrow, a place entirely dedicated to educational innovation whereby best practices will be replicated in the school's other locations.

KEDGE also shares its facilities with major companies including: Natixis, SNCF, ING Direct, Société Générale and the Ministry of the Interior.

The campus’ academic activities are focused on executive education programmes and the best MS and MSc programmes developed in the region.